Within CW’s universe of ratings, the return of SUPERNATURAL was a big deal.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary live+same day key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD (0.7), PRESS YOUR LUCK (0.5) and MATCH GAME (0.3) were all down 0.1.
CBS: BIG BROTHER fell 0.3 to 0.9, then after reruns at 0.3/0.2, STAR TREK: DISCOVERY was down 0.1 to 0.2.
NBC: The premiere of CONNECTING… was low at 0.3, and a primetime edition of CLOSER LOOK WITH SETH MEYERS was lower at 0.2. DATELINE lost 0.1 to 0.4.
FOX: THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL returned to broadcast TV with a preliminary 3.0.
CW: The launch of the final episodes of SUPERNATURAL gave the network the highest rating it’s seen in a while at 0.4. The season premiere of THE OUTPOST couldn’t hold that lead-in at 0.1.
ABC airs Game 5 of the NBA FINALS tonight.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 live+same day ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
Note: The fast affiliate-based ratings below measure what aired on network affiliates in 210 U.S. markets from 8-11 pm Eastern & Pacific or 7-10 pm Central & Mountain. The numbers are some combination of the network schedule and any pre-emptions (such as local news or weather coverage). Accurate program ratings will be available this afternoon with the broadcast finals.
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